Samurai

Everyone. Watch Samurai Champloo. Watch it subbed. Do it. Especially if you like Cowboy Bebop. But then....ESPECIALLY watch it subbed.

That's all I have to say about that. Soon I will finish Paranoia Agent and we can talk about that if you like.

Go mid-90s dub!

Yeah, thought I would post for no good reason other than no one seems to be doing anything on the blogs. Probably because now that I have nothing to do I check them like 20 times a day. Yeah, so I should likely be out trying to find a job, but I'm not. Which is bad. I'll type up a resume tonight while dogsitting for the retail places and check the UW server one more time to find a lab job or something. Heck, I'd even work at the library or something if it came to that. Computer lab. Something. Somewhere.

Anyway...on to nerd things. I was really bored and I finished Gravitation 2 (re-reading....again) but Bri took 3 and 4 with him so the next one I have is 5 and I kinda felt like I should read them in order or something even though it's not like I don't know what happens. I started re-reading it again mostly cause I was curious to see when Sakuma actually enters the story as a CHARACTER and not just as being talked about. The answer is....NOT in book 2. Probably 3. Maybe 4 if they managed to stretch it that far. Don't ask the reason I was curious about that.....I get stuck on weird tangents sometimes. 2 is chock full of hilarious quotes for me though. Favorite one from today comes from conversation between the Uesugi boys:
Tatsuha: "Don't make fun of my Ryuichi! He's adorable!"
Eiri: "Yeah, adorably 30, you imbicile."
Ahh...I love those boys. I wish there was more of Tatsuha in the story as a whole. 16 year old Buddhist monk who sleeps around and has a huge man-love for Ryuichi Sakuma. You can't go wrong with that.

Anyway, back to the point at hand. I got bored so I thought I would put in the Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning movie (I could only get dubbed on VHS, but I'm used to it that way so it doesn't bother me so much anymore). Reminded me of how much I really like that movie even though it's not ACTUALLY that good. So, yeah. That's what I thought I would talk about. I need to get out and start doing actual things so I stop laying around watching VHS tapes. This is my life. Bah! Well, ideally boys will call (and by boys I mean a certain one) by tomorrow and there will at least be a little hope for my near future. And hopefully I will get a job and then I will have that to keep me occupied and potentially FED for a while. Maybe. Depends on the job I suppose. Someone, somewhere in this city must need someone like me to work for them. Bah!

Well, on that note I think it's time I head off to my Saturday evening of a dog, a house, me, and the third Harry Potter book. Cheers everyone!!!

~Sari

OK...totally creeped out then

So, Steph and I are through episode 10 of Paranoia Agent now and I, being the paranoid sort of person that I already am AND being all alone in this apartment of mine am officially thoroughly creeped out. Good thing I'm not to the point where I'm backed into a corner or anything (though I think I'm getting there!!!!) or I'd be really worried. Anyway, there are 3 episodes left and I think rather than anything explaining itself or making any semblance of any more sense they just keep adding layers. It gets more and more confusing. I have a feeling that even after episode 13 when it's all supposed to wrap up, I will still be sitting on the couch with an incredulous look on my face saying, "What the fuck?!?!" Yep. I kinda feel like studio Gainax should have been handling this one. Seriously. However.....episode 5 is one of the best episodes of anything I've seen in my life. Totally like the Here is Devil Wood episode of Here is Greenwood. Which is a 6 episode OVA of an awesome anime series and can AND SHOULD be purchased for very cheap. I recommend it. Though then you will also be hooked and you will have to read all the manga like I have to do cause they pretty much tell you in the series that you'll have to read the manga for more details. Rat bastards. Anyway....that's neither here nor there when it comes to PA. (No, Hagen, not Pennsylvania...though I suppose it's neither here nor there when it comes to that too...) Ok....I should maybe stop talking. I'll try to let you know if the series in any way, shape, or form redeems itself. At all.

P.S. How do I upload a picture into my profile?
P.P.S. Read my regular blog on livejournal to find out how close I am to being backed into a corner and why.....Shonen Bat/Little Slugger may come for me yet!

Oikakete!!
~Sari

Kaikan Phrase...but you have to wait

Well, I'm pretty much all packed up. All that's left in my room is a desk with my computer, my fan, and my matress on the floor. I had the thought when I was falling asleep last night that it looks a lot like Eiri-san's apartment in Gravi. Hee hee. That actually kinda made me happy despite the fact that deep down inside I KNOW it would drive me crazy to have no stuff.

Anyway...that's not the point of this post. The point is to exstatically exclaim that KAIKAN PHRASE FINALLY FINISHED DOWNLOADING!!!!!!!!!! That's the good news. The bad news (for you) is that I'm moving the computer today and I won't have internet until the 19th so you don't get to hear about it until at least then. So...you remain in suspense much the same as I did while I was painstakingly watching the download get NOWHERE for the last 2 weeks.

So, look forward to that when I get back.

Kiss shining!
Sari

Demony delicious!!!!

For all the nerds in the house.........mythological creatures quiz a la Steph!!!! I'm pleased with my result (though I DO like unicorns and dragons and fairies and things like that). I'm also SURPRISED!!!!!! Yay, but you should try it!

(Also...sorry that I apparently can't even copy and paste correctly and the picture doesn't work. The link to the quiz is the smallish line right beneath the text. Click it and it will work.)


You are Form 8, Demon: The Destroyer.
"And The Demon took advantage of the chaos
and seized civillization. With grace and
style, Demon slit The Goddess's belly and
drowned the world in her blood. The Goddess,
The Demon, and the world were no
more."
Some examples of the Demon Form are Seth (Egyptian)
and The Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Christian).The Demon is associated with the concept of
destruction, the number 8, and the element of
earth.His sign is the full moon.
As a member of Form 8, you are a very strong willed
individual. You don't let others' opinions
sway your own and you're usually not afraid to
speak your mind. However, some may see you as
a bit overly passionate but it's just because
you never back down from your values. No
matter what, you always do everything with
style. Demons are the best friends to have
because they will back you up.

Which Mythological Form Are You?
brought to you by

Shining

I want my blog to be cool. Well....by cool I mean nerdy cool. I mean I want all my nerd friends out there to be so impressed by the coolness of my blog that they will turn off their anime, put down their ps controllers, and read what I have to say.

But.........that won't happen.

I just want to actually have readers....that would be fun. And to get fun links in my sidebar. And once that happens maybe I will add posting access for my friends that are nerds too so that we can have our own nerd wonderland.

Really though, what this blog should be all about is....anime/rpgs/science + music(indie rock, britrock, emo, jpop, etc) = SEXY.

Yeah, but I don't know how to go about reaching my desired goal. Ok...so I looked at my friend Steph's blog and I was all like oh man, Steph's blog roX0rs....and I don't know how to use blogspot to set mine up to roX0r too......mmmmm. Again I remain inferior. And hopefully entertaining.

OK...on to nerd things.....

Current anime:
Azumanga Daioh (I just started it so I got to ep.3 now).
I saw this mid-season at anime club the one time I went to test the waters about whether or not I could immerse myself among nerds who are far and away more nerdy than me. It wasn't an altogether successful OR failed attempt. At any rate, it brought me to some curiosity in this show. It's pretty weird. But then again, so am I. Pretty much the premise is that it's all about these 5 girls and a couple teachers at a high school in Tokyo. And really....it's a show about nothing. It's like the Seinfeld of anime. The one girl is a 10 year old genius high school student, another is a high strung super competitive downright crazy girl, another is the very introverted and quiet girl that everyone is kinda afraid of and she's very athletic even though she doesn't look it, there's another girl who doesn't really do much, then there's the transfer student girl from Osaka that they all just call "Osaka" and they expect her to be all "crazy" and I guess loud and fast paced (like NY I guess), but she's really a huge space cadet. And yeah...there are all these little stories. And nothing really happens. But I kinda like it.

Current Jpop:
Beck Soundtrack (Trying to figure out if these are real bands cause they're REALLY good)
I haven't yet seen the anime Beck or read the manga, but I do have the soundtrack thanks to ultimate nerd supplier and bestest friend Brian Hagen. I guess the premise is that there are all these different bands....or something, I'll get back to you on that later. Anyway...the music is good and laughing at the english grammar is entertaining. My personal favorite song is one in the style of 60's brit pop where the chorus is...."you don't know how much I got believe in you". The song is really really catchy though....so I loves it!

Current Reading:
American Fuji (Sara Backer)
Ok...I got this book at Target for a quarter. I knew nothing about it other than what I read on the jacket, but I figured it had to be at least good enough for a quarter. And I guess it is. It's not stellar. As in....I haven't read it in over a week so it can't be that captivating. It takes place in Shizuoka Japan. There's this American that used to work for the University but is now selling fantasy funerals and this guy who comes to Japan from Seattle to investigate the death of his son who was an exchange student at the university. And the American woman helps him, and there's Yakuza involvement, and the guy will probably end up falling in love with the woman. Yeah...like I said. Not stellar.

Sensual Phrase
I've read up through book 6 in my vast amounts of time spent at Borders in the past few weeks. I've been meaning to buy the series. I will. I really really really really like it. More about rockstars in my Gravitation vein...only this time there's no yaoi and there IS some ecchi. Yeah...and it's not electronic it's Japanese glam rock. Premise...there's a hs girl who's a really talented writer and was gonna enter a lyrics writing contest and she gets hit by the car of the lead singer of this band who reads her lyrics and decides he wants her to write for them and then he falls in love with her and there's a lot of very sensual and sexual moments between them and its the exact cute romantic girly I'ma marry a rockstar dream that I've always had and I really really really really like it. (I may have mentioned that already).


Ok....that's todays edition. Sorry it was so long, but it was the first time and I had to get it all out there. I think it might be shorter from now on if I have nothing new to add about one of the categories. Maybe. I've never been good at being concise and to the point...or short winded.

Anyway...off to watch some more Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex with Steph. Thanks for reading.

*Kiss shining*
~Sari

Yay for new things

Yeah...so it's not that I really have anything to say. Except that I will award 10 points to the person who can tell me the theme of the blog title and the web address. We'll start with that.

Other than that....I need to learn how to change the settings on this thing. Links and such. Help if you can *cough Steph cough*.

A'ight.....l8rs sparklies!! (Keeping with the theme)